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[quote=Anonymous]I prefer to just be called by my first name and most of our friends are the same way so my kids call them by their first names. But there are parents who prefer for their kids to say Ms. FirstName or Mrs. LastName and that's fine too. Growing up, we never, ever used last names to refer to adults--it was always Ms. or Mr. FirstName. I still refer to my parents' friends this way. I prefer that to Mrs. LastName but again, if that's what the parents want, that's fine.

I still haven't quite figured out the best way to have my kids address adults whose kids don't use first names so it's usually Kid's Mom or Dad. I just hate the formality of Ms/Mr/Mrs but I get that not everyone feels that way.

And I really don't like Aunt and Uncle for people who are not my actual siblings. My kids don't call any of my friends aunt/uncle even if their kids use that title for me. They use it for my cousins sometimes but that was not a precedent set by me (as I was not the first in the family to have kids). I strongly feel that aunt/uncle should be reserved for their actual aunts and uncles but again, to each their own.[/quote]

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